Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-29

NlnOnA, Illllte, Monterey, Penute ana
California in the Junior Champion Stakes.
1t is thought that under favorable con-
ditions Patron, 2:l94, will lower his record
to 2.l5, before the season is over Many
look TO see him capture the $4,000 purse
at Hartford.
A reader writes at would seem that
+. X. Brayton of Alburgb Centre is mifIed
because of the publication of contradic-
tory letters Ill regard to the trotting quail
ties of Goodwin. No one doubts that he
is a well-bred horse and that his stock IS
A No. |, but when one mau says he has
seen him trot in 2:3l and 230l3 and anoth-
er fatty contradicts the sta emeut and
says he is only third rate horse we like
to know the truth. Notwithstanding the
ton says he told Delaney che did not call
Goodwin a trutter." Facts are what we
want and not fiction.
a correspondent at East Fairfield Vt,
writes as follows in regard to the horse
Peacock, suppOs ed to be the dam of . ID.
g., 2264, and Belknap Wilkes Be
" zen the years of 1852 and 1913, mare
was brought to this town, by a cattle
drOver from Massachusetts in toal by the
North horse. The colt was raised by
James Ryan of this town, and was called
Peacock Oh account of his style and beau.
ty, which could not be bettered He could
trot in about three minutes, but his forte
was the road. He was very successful in
the stud, string many good colts and put
ting the style and road qualities into all
OF them. His mare colts are excellent
breeders Peacock was dapple-brown,
stood 10 plump, aud weighed 800 pounds.
TO see him in harness you would think he
weighed 1900 | could tell by seeing the
Punchard mare if she was sired by him.
for his get have peculiar roll or teeter
when Stacking from the trot to walk
| Peacock went from this town to LanOllle
/ 4
| ago. Fairfield Boy by Peacock was sue
cessiul in the stud. Those who own colts
| by Peacock around here think well of
| them, and invariably use them for breed
erS. They show more endurance than
great speed, although they never were
| handled much as class"
The book of Pancoast, the trotting stall
| lion That sold at auction TOR S2S,OOO, was
full long ago, and the horse will pay for
himself by two seasons work in the stud.
Senator Stanford recently refused an
| offer Of $4,000 for the brown colt Electric
! ity, by Electloneer, dam the dam of JAY
EYe-See, 2:l0, and Noontlde, 210l0 Mid
night by Pilot, Jr. News from the Pacific
slope is that the fastest yearling at Palo
| Alto is by NorvA (5on of ElectiOneer and
| Norma, dam Elaine, 2.3O, by Messenger
| Duroc. The youngster is expected to lower
| the yearllng record next fall.
Many of the celebrated turf performers
| in the past have been animals which pos
sessed remarkably strong wills with fast
records. Flora Temple, the first trotter
to trot in public in 2l9a4, was one of that
kind. Goldsmith MAID, winner of 1872
heats in 230 or better ia of which were
trotted in 2.20 or faster, was another OF
the same sort, and her most successful
rival, Lady Thorne, q lS4, gained consid
cradle notoriety on account of having a
mind of her own
Victor Wilkes, the beautiful Kentucky
stallion purchased by w. j. Howes of
Troy, last fall has made the season with
w. II. Streeter in Fair Haven. He is tC
be taken away the first of August and
driven for a fast record. He will be re-
turned to Fair Haven and will make the
season of 1888 at Streeter's stable.
n. G. Hill of Paris, XIV, has sold to Johr
I. Hughes the bay trotting mare Maggi,
III. c., four years DID, by Victor von Bis
marck, dam by Expert, price $1,000.
II. NJ. Smith has sold through John w
Knox of Lexington, Ky, to a Pennsyl
vania gentleman the bay trotting colt
three years old, by Jay Could dam b,
Hamlet, price $1,000
J. b. Haggin has offered Miss Cottril
$1,000 year Tor two years for her stabln.
at Mobile, Ala, with option of purchas,
at S25, 900. 1t is SAID that Lucky Baldwin
also proposes to winter his horses nea
Mobile.
1t is to be hoped that the ruling off o
Ed Corrigan from all tracks of the Amerl
can Racing association, Monday evening
for instlucting his jockey, Blaycock, no
to ride Irish Pat to win on Thursday last
vii be lesson to other owners of stables
The trotting meeting at the Hudson Rive
Driving park will be held on September &
T. 8 and 9.
Hannah K, a well known trotting mare
owned by Isaac Eckert of Reading Pa
died there suddenly Thursday of apopexy
She was purchased in the West few year
ago for 81, 600.
The much-talked of California colts Pen
dennis and Noltigeur are at Monmouth
park.
, Montana s greatest turf event. a race be
tween Colonel Thornton's horse Jack Dow,
and Mr.. Hammond's Turner, has Just beef
run, in Dowd's favor
| Mersbury, a stallion owned at Mansfield
o., is said to have shown quarter in 81
seconds, n 2.2O clip and has been withdraw
; for training. He is by Wedgewood .. 10
: from Malmason she by Alexanders Alb
dallah.
1t is said that during his winter spent a
Los Angeles, Oliver X. was taught by Dobl
how to score promptly and get away from
the wire 1t his best rate of speed so tina
he can now go to the first quarter in 80 sec
onds every time.
ID. z. Westcott of Fair Haven has sold
yearling stallion, bay, for $500.
H, H. Franklin OF Troy N. Y, who sol,
II. T, c. and his full sister, Ruth, to Mr.
Hicks of Boston last spring, has investe,
again, this time "A 3-year-old full brother t,
Ben Franklins black mare of Fair Haven
The stake winnings of the Dryer Brother
} will not be as heavy this year as last Han
over, however, is likely to place 800, 00
to their credit.
George S, Flack of Lansingburgh sold hi
fast trotting horse, Harry Sherman, to Tro
parties for $1,000 last Tuesday
Frank Herdic of Rutland has sold hi
PAGER, Jersey Boy, to j. S. Coates of Goshen
N. Y, for $25, 900.
r. II, Hamilton has sold the chestnu
yearling stallion C. H. Briggs, dam Lucy
by General Sherman, to Mr.V. Kent o
Calais, VT. to whom he sold full brothe